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M.J. Akbar

Editor-in-Chief of The Asian Age, on Byline, a collection of his columns over the decade

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M.J. Akbar
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Why do editors insist on publishing their columns as books?
Most columnists are accused of being ill-read and uninformed, rewriting current affairs in their own words.
How's journalism different from literature?
Your book is mostly about your travels and cricket, less about politics. Why?
What's the best thing of being a journalist?
Your main asset as a journalist.
Your main asset as a columnist.
You started off as a poor and unknown boy and made it as an editor in your 20s. Is that possible now?
How's journalism now different from then?
Will newspapers survive?
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